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Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political parties, attending
bicommunal party meetings, have stressed that chauvinism must be
avoided and struggled against, in order to safeguard the possibility of
finding a viable and mutually accepted federal solution of the Cyprus
problem, based on bi-zonality, bi-communality and political equality.

In a joint communique, issued here on Wednesday after a meeting of the
leaders and representatives of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot
political parties, which participate in the regular bi-communal
meetings at the Ledra Palace, under the auspices of the embassy of the
Slovak Republic in Cyprus, the parties also underlined that incidents
of violence or incitement to violence are unacceptable wherever they
occur and perpetrators should be brought to justice.

The communique, read out by the Slovak Ambassador in Nicosia Anna
Turenikova, said that participants at the meeting expressed opinions on
the issue Can chauvinism be an element of politics, and can chauvinism
policies contribute to the solution of the Cyprus problem? as proposed
by the hosting party, the Turkish Cypriot Republican Turkish Party.

``They agreed on the idea that chauvinistic and nationalist policies
cannot serve for the good of the people living in any part of the
world. Chauvinism is assessed as something to be avoided and struggled
against, in order to safeguard the possibility for finding a viable and
mutually accepted federal solution of the Cyprus problem based on
bi-zonality, bi-communality and political equality, it added.

Furthermore ``the parties agreed that incidents of violence or
incitement to violence are unacceptable wherever they occur and
perpetrators should be brought to justice.``

They also ``agreed to contribute in a constructive manner to
rapprochement and to support the negotiations carried out by both
leaders aiming for an early solution of the Cyprus problem.``

The next regular meeting of the leaders and the representatives of the
political parties will held on the morning of 23rd of March at the
Ledra Palace.

Sixteen Cypriots are due to leave Libya Wednesday on two different
flights.

One of the flights will take some of them directly to Athens and the
other one will fly the rest via Brussels to the Greek capital.

According to the Crisis Management Center of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs in Nicosia, two C130 of the Greek Air Force are scheduled to
repatriate Wednesday Greek and Cypriot nationals.

One of them will fly to Tripoli, in Libya, and return to Athens and the
other will go to two areas within the country, which are near sites
where Greek and Cypriots are working. The exact time of the operation
is not yet known.

The Cyprus problem and the economic situation in Cyprus will be
discussed during a meeting to be held on March 9 at the House of
Commons.

During the meeting, organised by the British All Party Parliamentary
Group (APPG) for Cyprus and the Cypriot High Commission in the UK,
Chairman of the House Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Averof
Neophytou will deliver a speech.

The meeting will be chaired by the Cyprus APPG Chairman, MP David
Burrowes, and will be attended by members of the parliament,
associations, and the general public and media.

Following his attendance at the Cyprus APPG, Neophytou is scheduled to
have a series of meetings with parliamentary officials and
parliamentarians.

Preparations by the Interior Ministry are underway in view of the
parliamentary elections to take place on May 22, Head of the Election
Service Demetris Demetriou has told CNA.

According to Demetriou on April 14, a decision will be taken for the
dissolution of the House of Representatives and one day later the
Interior Minister will issue a decree announcing officially the
elections, while the Chief Returning Officer and the District Returning
officers and their deputies will be appointed.